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What an amazing thing it is to have an American President campaigning to get rid of nuclear weapons. And he is being so clever about it. I believe his opposition to nukes comes from a personal belief that these weapons are abhorrent and their use…
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The biggest story of the day according to Stuff comes from the Taranaki Daily News: "Cruel taggers deface old goat" I love that headline. I think it's the fact that they've emphasised that the goat is old to make it a more pitiful character. Or…
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We know from leaks in MFAT that when John Key told the country that he had a plan to end whaling back in January there actually was no plan at all. It was just a stunt ahead of the expected visit by Hillary Clinton (that…
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Well, I'm pleasantly surprised. For once, Paula Bennett has played it straight on the benefit numbers. Usually, the monthly figures are an exercise in self-congratulation from our Social Development Minister with the over-inflated ego, even though the numbers have been uniformly bad since she took…
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Over the decades Labour has had the guts to take some hard decisions with benefits off in the future. ACC, ETS, WFF, Cullen Fund, anti-smacking, gay rights, social welfare, public health. Even not so hard decisions like the Rugby World Cup show Labour's focus isn't…
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Who suggested that the mining industry in New Zealand needed to be reinvigorated and should put more emphasis on marketing its fundamentally strong geological resource, telling the NZ Herald that gold mining prospects in New Zealand were at least as good as anywhere in the…
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The last time John Carter did anything memorable was in 1995. He was National's senior Whip. One night, perhaps feeling tired and emotional, he called up a talkback show hosted by then minister John Banks "impersonating a workshy MÄori called Hone, causing widespread offence" (as…
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Russell Brown's interview with the Sensible Sentencing Trust's Garth McVicar on Media 7 the other night demonstrates exactly what a charlatan McVicar is. When confronted with his racist near-endorsement of the stabbing of Pihema Cameron all McVicar could do is continually repeat the a pathetic line about…
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National is attacking democratic principles and institutions on many fronts, from the continued abuse of urgency and parliamentary process, to the privatisation of local government functions in the new Auckland "Supercity", to sacking democratically elected boards and cancelling elections in Canterbury, to the privatisation by…
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National's proposed reform of the foreshore and seabed legislation is no 'elegant solution'. Instead, it is being criticised in the business press as an undemocratic favouring of Maori business interests over Pakeha ones, while iwi are saying that it doesn't give them what they want.…
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Last year, Justice Bill Wilson sat on a Court of Appeal case in which wool growers tried to get levies they claimed they were owed by the Wool Board. The judges found in favour of the Wool Board. The problem was, Justice Wilson is a…
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Everyone's been saying that 2010 is the year that Key has to make something of his turn in the big seat. Smile and wave is easy enough in the first year, people are willing to give you a chance. But at some point, the public…